1968 - 2001
Mohamed Mohamed el-Amir Awad el-Sayed Atta (Arabic: محمد محمد الأمير عوض السيد عطا; 1 September 1968 – 11 September 2001) was an Egyptian terrorist hijacker from al-Qaeda. Ideologically a pan-Islamist, he was the ringleader of the September 11 attacks and served as the hijacker-pilot of American Airlines Flight 11, which he crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the coordinated suicide attacks. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohamed Atta has received more than 4,726,569 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Mohamed Atta is the 121st most popular extremist (up from 148th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 372nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Extremist.
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Among extremists, Mohamed Atta ranks 121 out of 209. Before him are Robert Hansen, Mary Ann Cotton, Joseph Bonanno, Dokka Umarov, Baruch Goldstein, and Belle Gunness. After him are Aslan Usoyan, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Joseph Valachi, Albert Anastasia, and Josef Blösche.
1939 - 2014
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 115
1832 - 1873
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 116
1905 - 2002
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 117
1964 - 2013
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 118
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 119
1859 - 1908
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 120
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 121
1937 - 2013
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 122
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 123
1897 - 1945
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 124
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 125
1902 - 1957
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 126
1912 - 1969
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1968, Mohamed Atta ranks 51. Before him are Abdul Ghani Baradar, Lisa Marie Presley, Terry Crews, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, Patricia Arquette, and Sabrina Salerno. After him are Tracy Morgan, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Susan Wojcicki, Sadyr Japarov, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, and Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh. Among people deceased in 2001, Mohamed Atta ranks 79. Before him are Gloria Foster, Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, Nikos Sampson, Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Isao Inokuma, and Alexey Maresyev. After him are Katharine Graham, Mirza Delibašić, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Jaroslav Drobný, Renato Carosone, and Michel Marcel Navratil.
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 45
1968 - 2023
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 46
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 47
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 48
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 49
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 50
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 51
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 52
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 53
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 54
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 55
1968 - 2013
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 56
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 57
1933 - 2001
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 73
1925 - 2001
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 74
1935 - 2001
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 75
1914 - 2001
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 76
1938 - 2001
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 77
1916 - 2001
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 78
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 79
1917 - 2001
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 80
1954 - 2001
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 81
1919 - 2001
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 82
1921 - 2001
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 83
1920 - 2001
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 84
1908 - 2001
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 85
Among people born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 307 out of 582. Before him are Pope Anianus of Alexandria (100), Merneferre Ay (-1650), Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam (850), Boutros Ghali (1846), Hassan Fathy (1900), and Carpocrates (100). After him are Alexander II Zabinas (-190), Al-Mansur Ali (1242), Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938), Nepherites I (-490), Anastasius Sinaita (630), and Thutmose (-1500).
100 - 82
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 301
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 302
850 - 930
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 303
1846 - 1910
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 304
1900 - 1989
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 305
100 - 138
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 306
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 307
190 BC - 123 BC
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 308
1242 - 1259
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 309
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 310
490 BC - 393 BC
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 311
630 - 701
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 312
1500 BC - Present
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 313
Among extremists born in Egypt, Mohamed Atta ranks 2. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri (1951). After him are Omar Abdel-Rahman (1938) and Abu Ayyub al-Masri (1968).
1951 - 2022
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 1
1968 - 2001
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 2
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 3
1968 - 2010
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 4